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Development of North America, 14921564

Development of North America, 14921564

 Title: Development of North America Main Map Page
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Description: A map of the Americas showing the European exploration

and development between the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
(1492) and the establishment of Saint Augustine, Florida by Pedro
Menendez de Aviles (1564). The map is colorcoded to show the
territories claimed by Spain, and territory claimed by France in the
Carolinas and northern Florida by Jean Ribault in 1562. The areas in
North America explored by the Portuguese and British in this period are
shown, with the name of the explorer and date given. The land routes of
Spanish explorers are shown with a dashed red line. The map shows the
explorations of Columbus (1492), Columbus (1494), John Cabot (1497
1498), Columbus (1498), Hojeda and Vespucci (1499), Bastidas (1500),
Cortereal (15001501), Columbus (1502), Juan Bermudez (1502),
Pinzon and Solis (1508), Ocampo (1508), Hojeda (1509), Nicuessa
(1509), Ponce de Leon (1512), Balboa (1513), de Cordova (1517),
Grijalva (1518), Pineda (1519), Cortez (15191522), Gordillo (1520),
De Avila and Mino (1522), Andagoya (1522), Alvarado (1523), de Olid
(1524), Cortez (15241525), Verrazano (1524), Gomez (1525), Ayllon
(1526), Alvaro de Saavedra (1527), Narvaez (1528), Ximenes (1530),
de Guzman (1531), Mendoza (1532), Cabeza de Vaca (15341536),
Cartier (15341535), Cortez (1535), Friar Marcos (1539), Coronado
(15401542), Alarcon (1540), de Cardenas (1540), Cabrillo (1542), De
Soto (1548), Ulloa (1551), Ribaut (1562), and Menendez (1565).
Place Names: A Complete Map of North America, Canada, Cuba, Mexico,
United States, Bahamas, Jamaic
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, location, oceans
Keywords: Development of North America, physical, physical features,
inlandWaters, location, oceans, Unknown, 14921564
Source: Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., The American Nation Vol 3 (New
York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1906) 135
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman

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